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Ghana sold 1.99 billion cedis ($448 million) worth of a fresh five-year domestic bond on Thursday and the major commodity exporter will pay a yield of 16.5 percent, joint transaction arrangers said. Initial guidance for the bond, open to non-resident Ghanaians, was in the range of 15 percent to 16.5 percent. Total bids tendered for the paper were 2.01 billion ...

The death late Thursday evening of Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, popularly known as Ebony Reigns, has shaken the country, with many taking to the social media platform, Facebook to comment on the sad news. The popular dancehall artiste died in a gruesome road accident that occurred on the Sunyani-Kumasi road. According to police, the 20-year-old singer an unidentified lady and two military ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has challenged the over 3000 unemployed youth enrolled by the National Youth Authority (NYA) to equip them with digital marketing and entrepreneurship skills not to disappoint the government, saying “it is time to create our Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.” The training programme which was launched Thursday, February 8, 2018 is for persons between the ...

Mr Speaker, I am happy to be here again in this august House, a place where I have experienced some of the most memorable moments of my political career, and made some cherished friendships across the political divide. I am glad too that, in accordance with protocol and convention, First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, Second Lady Samira ...

Social media has been busy with comments and reactions to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s second State of the Nation address. The President performed his constitutional duty dictated by Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution to give an account of the state of the country on Thursday, February 8. The address to parliament highlighted key achievements by his government since ...

Former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Mahama have been captured shaking hands in parliament during President Nana Akufo-Addo’s second State of the Nation Address which he presented on Thursday, 8 February. A smiling Mr Mahama is seen shaking a serious-faced Mr Rawlings who was seated by former First Lady Nana Konadu. A similar thing happened at the 25th anniversary ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has taken a swipe at the members of the Minority in Parliament, saying they are “allergic to facts”. Delivering the 2018 State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament Thursday, he said the inability of the opposition lawmakers to appreciate facts is a threat to smooth national debate. Walking the Minority through what he says are the ...

A High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo has ruled in favour of Exton Cubic Limited in a suit it filed challenging the revocation of their mining lease by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Mr John Peter Amewu. Lawyers for the company had filed the suit against the decision by the Minister of Lands and Natural ...

Jinapor brothers, John and Abu of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patroitic Party (NPP) respectively, found themselves in a heated debate regarding the content of the message of the President, Nana Addo’s State of the Nation address Standing between them was Ghana Broadcasting Corporation GBC’s Selikem Acolatse who was interviewing the two brothers John Jinapor who is also ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed his government has saved Gh¢800 million from restricted tenders. Delivering the 2018 State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Thursday, February 08, 2018, he revealed that in 2017 there were 346 Requests for Restricted Tenders, and 167 (48%) were approved, and 179 (52%) were rejected. “The savings, made over the year as ...